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authorKarel Zak2010-08-30 10:48:52 +0200
committerKarel Zak2010-08-30 11:40:43 +0200
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parentblockdev: fix typo in blockdev.8 (diff)
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mount: add note about subtypes to fstab.5
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
-rw-r--r--mount/fstab.58
-rw-r--r--mount/mount.89
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mount/fstab.5 b/mount/fstab.5
index 1c5cdca9d..8a8348739 100644
--- a/mount/fstab.5
+++ b/mount/fstab.5
@@ -146,6 +146,14 @@ An entry
.I none
is useful for bind or move mounts.
+.BR mount (8)
+and
+.BR umount (8)
+support filesystem subtypes. The subtype is defined by '.subtype' suffix. For
+example 'fuse.sshfs'. It's recommended to use subtype notation rather than add
+any prefix to the first fstab field (for example 'sshfs#example.com' is
+depreacated).
+
The fourth field,
.RI ( fs_mntops ),
describes the mount options associated with the filesystem.
diff --git a/mount/mount.8 b/mount/mount.8
index 2fe0db8de..0147e71db 100644
--- a/mount/mount.8
+++ b/mount/mount.8
@@ -596,6 +596,15 @@ was known as
Note, the real list of all supported filesystems depends on your
kernel.
+The programs
+.B mount
+and
+.B umount
+support filesystem subtypes. The subtype is defined by '.subtype' suffix. For
+example 'fuse.sshfs'. It's recommended to use subtype notation rather than add
+any prefix to the mount source (for example 'sshfs#example.com' is
+depreacated).
+
For most types all the
.B mount
program has to do is issue a simple